Biography 1973
At an exhibition held at the Galleria Ferrari Grafica in Verona, he exhibits the Machupicchu and Giappone graphic series, both created two years beforehand, including various logogrifi from the Totem and Ecologica series, produced between 1971 and 1972. However, that year the most significant exhibitions are held in Ferrara at the Palazzo dei Diamanti (for the occasion, a fully comprehensive catalogue is published, with texts by Franco Farina and Janus). 42 of Gribaudos works are exhibited, from the 1965 Flani to the 1965-73 Logogrifi and 1970-71 Saccogrifi, including various graphic works. His work is also exhibited at the Museo dArte Assis Chateaubriand in São Paulo, Brazil. The catalogue is introduced by art critic Mario Bardi and includes a poem by Hans Richter. 49 of Gribaudos works are presented, especially the Logogrifi produced between 1968 and 1978, including other graphic work. This last exhibition is a travelling exhibition and, after São Paulo, moves on to the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. At the Davico Gallery in Turin, he exhibits Egitto: collages, oil paints, pyramids, sands and mixed techniques inspired by a recent journey along the banks of the Nile. The catalogues introduction is by the egyptologist Silvio Curto. He takes part in the X Quadriennale Nazionale dArte exhibition in Rome called Situazione dellArte non figurativa. He wins the First Prize at the X Mostra Nazionale di Pittura Contemporanea, in Santhià (Vercelli). He moreover takes part in the Premio Internazionale Biella per lIncisione for the second time (in Biella).